Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.
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n. 谦逊,谦恭;谦让的行为;谦虚谨慎;
💡 hum土,地+ility状态→地的状态→谦让;低下
"Her first defeat was an early lesson in humility."
她的第一次失败使她很早便懂得了谦逊。
近义:humbleness, lowliness, meekness
反义:hubris, immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, arrogancy
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 极好的,精彩的,绝妙的;美妙;胜;神妙;
💡 wonder奇迹,神奇+ful形容词后缀 → 极好的;惊人的,奇妙的
"Ben's a wonderful father."
本是个极好的父亲。
近义:arresting, laudable, marvellous, marvelous, meritorious, astonishing
反义:inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
n. 窘迫;难堪;令人难堪或耻辱的事;
"I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that."
他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。
近义:humiliation, obfuscation, purblindness, bashfulness, shame, shamefacedness
反义:impertinence, impudence, impudency, impudicity, insolence, lip
vt. 感觉;认为;触摸;试探;
vt.& vi. 感觉,觉得;认为,以为;触摸;
n. 感觉;触摸;感受;触觉;
vi. 觉得;摸索;
"I feel all achy."
我感到浑身疼痛。
近义:notice, perceive, sense, be, touch, hold
vt. 告诉,说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨,辨别;告诉,吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密,告发;(颜色、声音等)显示;识别;
n. [考古学](古代村落遗址堆积而成的)台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉(tell)我,他哥哥很高(tall)
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义:hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil